Until now, the year 2004 is signified by some sort of mass death of promising MMO-projects. Games like Ultima X: Odyssee, Mythica, Dragon Empires and Warhammer Online all got scratched – and one of the main reasons for that is surely the advent of two of the most anticipated MMOs, World of Warcraft and Everquest 2. Competition in the field of the online games gets fiercer and the risks get higher, so a lot of companies think twice before putting their money behind a well-intentioned game that’s probably lacking in marketing and brand power.